INS Tihayu (T93)

Tihayu (T93).
History
India
Name: INS Tihayu (T93)
Operator:  Indian Navy
Builder: Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Yard number: 2111
Launched: 30 June 2015
Commissioned: 19 October 2016
Homeport: Visakhapatnam
Motto: Swift and Sure[1]
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Car Nicobar-class
Type: Patrol vessel
Displacement: 325 tons
Length: 48.9 m (160 ft)
Beam: 7.5 m
Depth: 4 m (13 ft)
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h)
Endurance: 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) [2]
Complement: 45 (4 officer 41 enlisted)
Armament:

INS Tihayu (T93) is a patrol vessel of the Car Nicobar-class of Indian Navy and the third ship in the series of four Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC). Named after Tihayu island of Nicobar archipelago the ship can have an additional package of about 11 machine guns of different variants. [3] The ship equipped with enhanced firepower is capable of operating in shallow waters at high speed. Suited for extended coastal and offshore surveillance and patrol, production of the Car Nicobar-class ships by GRSE was fast-tracked after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "INS Tihayu commissioned into Indian Navy in city".
  2. ↑ "New fast attack craft 'INS Tihayu' commissioned in Vizag".
  3. ↑ "INS Tihayu commissioned into Indian Navy in city".
  4. ↑ "Indian Navy commissions new fast attack craft 'INS Tihayu'".
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